Skateboarding activists pushed for park

Skateboarding activists pushed for park

Jake Danna Stevens / Los Angeles Times

Anthony Converse and other activists expressed a feeling of betrayal when they heard that a commercial event would break in the bowls and ramps they had fought to get built. City officials say that won't happen.

Anthony Converse and other activists expressed a feeling of betrayal when they heard that a commercial event would break in the bowls and ramps they had fought to get built. City officials say that won't happen. (Jake Danna Stevens / Los Angeles Times)

Anthony Converse and other activists expressed a feeling of betrayal when they heard that a commercial event would break in the bowls and ramps they had fought to get built. City officials say that won't happen.